The presidentialization of politics
Subtitle: a comparative study of modern democracies
By: edited by Thomas Poguntke and Paul Webb.
Contributors: Poguntke, Thomas.; Webb, Paul
Series: Comparative politics; Comparative politics (Oxford University Press)
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Published: 2005
Place of publication: Oxford; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 361
ISBN-13: 9780199252015
Subjects: Executive power -- Cross-cultural studies; Presidents -- Cross-cultural studies; Political leadership -- Cross-cultural studies; Uitvoerende macht; Politieke besluitvorming; Presidentieel systeem; Présidents -- Études transculturelles; Chefs de parti politique -- Études transculturelles; Pouvoir exécutif -- Études transculturelles
Genres: Cross-cultural studies.; Études transculturelles.
Description: "This book examines the changing role of political parties and political leadership in fourteen modern democracies. As well as examining cross-national differences, it also analyses how modern democracies are increasingly following a presidential logic of governance"--Provided by publisher.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: The presidentialization of politics in democratic societies : a framework for analysis / Thomas Poguntke and Paul Webb; title: The British prime minister : much more than 'first among equals' / Richard Heffernan and Paul Webb; title: A presidentializing party state? : the Federal Republic of Germany / Thomas Poguntke; title: Presidentialization, Italian style / Mauro Calise; title: The presidentialization of Spanish democracy : sources of prime ministerial power in post-Franco Spain / Ingrid van Biezen and Jonathan Hopkin; title: The Low Countries : from 'prime minister' to president-minister / Stefaan Fiers and André Krouwel; title: Denmark : presidentialization in a consensual democracy / Karina Pedersen and Tim Knudsen; title: 'President persson' : how did Sweden get him? / Nicholas Aylott; title: Canada : executive dominance and presidentialization / Herman Bakvīs and Steven B. Wolinetz; title: Dyarchic presidentialization in a presidentialized polity : the French Fifth Republic / Ben Clift; title: Finland : let the force be with the leader, but who is the leader? / Heikki Paloheimo; title: The presidentialization of Portuguese democracy? / Marina Costa Lobo; title: The failure of presidential parliamentarism : constitutional versus structural presidentialization in Israel's parliamentary democracy / Reuven Y. Hazan; title: The semi-sovereign American prince : the dilemma of an independent president in a presidential government / Sergio Fabbrini; title: The presidentialization of contemporary democratic politics : evidence, causes, and consequences / Paul Webb and Thomas Poguntke.